not ceased to look when his book was published. Therefore the summing of the evidence would read—Oregon, invented by Carver, made famous by Bryant, and fastened upon the Columbia River territory, first by Kelley, through his memorials to Congress and numerous published writings, begun as early as 1817; and secondly, by other English and American authors, who adopted it from the three sources here given.
The authorities consulted on this subject are, Carver's Travels, 16; Schoolcraft's Arch., ii. 37, 490–1, 495; Id., v. 708; Mackenzie's Voyages, 369; Humboldt's Essai Pol., i. 14, 342–4; Malte-Brun, Précis Géog., vi. 314; Greenhow's Or. and Cal., 142–5; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Popol Vuh., 8; Twiss' Oregon Question, 15–17; Ethnog. Jour., vi. 1871; Kelley's Settlements of Oregon, 88; Ross' Adventures, 5; Historical Magazine, i. 246–328; Davidson's Coast Pilot, 126, 154; Strong's Hist. Oregon, MS., 23; U.S. Govt. Doc, 25th Cong., 3d Sess., H. Rept., no. 101, 6–7; Pajaro Times, May 6, 1865; Brown's Willamette Valley, MS., 11–12; Benicia Tribune, Dec. 13, 1873; Grovers Pub. Life, MS., 15–19; Trans. Oregon Pioneer Assoc, 1875, 67; American Register for 1808, 138; Blagdon's Modern Geographer, 63–5, 392; Howard Quarterly, i. 70; California Farmer, Aug. 7, 1874; Portland Bulletin, Aug. 10, 1872; Eugene City Guard, Aug. 20, 1874; Pac. R. R. Report, ii. 18; Nouvelles An. des Voy., xiv. 53; Benton's Debates, viii. 188; Sturgis Oregon, 8; Burton's City of the Saints, 210; Cath. Almanac, in Smet's Missions, 15–16; Robertson's Right and Title to Oregon, 179; Salem Farmer, Aug. 10, 1872; Bigland's World, v. 510; Murphy's Oregon Dir., 1873, 30; San Francisco Bulletin, Sept. 19 and 24, 1863; Portland Oregonian, Sept. 15, 1863.
